To say this pregnancy was a shock would be understating a bit.
I have PCOS, which I didn’t know I had for a long time. All I knew at the beginning was that every time I got pregnant I miscarried. After 3 miscarriages and many tests later it was discovered that my progesterone levels weren’t rising. In a normal pregnancy the levels typically sit at 9-14. Mine would sit below 1. The doctor told Matt and I that we would be able to have a baby, but not without fertility drugs, progesterone throughout the pregnancy, and baby aspirin. The progesterone throughout the pregnancy would keep my levels in check and keep me from miscarrying the baby and the baby aspirin was to help make sure that my body didn’t send a clot to the baby. With his help we were able to get Madison & Bradon. We never really knew what caused my issues. I just knew and felt like I was broken. After some encouragement from a friend that actually was diagnosed with PCOS I discussed everything with my doctor and later was finally diagnosed with PCOS. Our doctor told us that the likelihood we would ever be able to have a baby the “normal” way was slim to none and he also stressed that if we did somehow get pregnant that by the time we found out the chance the pregnancy could be saved in time was slim.
Now about our miracle baby. . . .
Knowing our situation all precautions were taken to ensure we didn’t get pregnant, but somehow we ended up pregnant. I called the doctor crying the day we found out, because I knew what it meant and I knew that the chance I would miscarry was high. The doctor had me get rush labs and we had to wait 24 hours to find out the results. Those 24 hours were the longest of our lives. The doctor wouldn’t start us on the hormones until he knew that: 1) I wasn’t already starting to miscarry and 2) that the hcg levels looked like the pregnancy was good. I got a call from him at 7:30pm and he told me congratulations on the pregnancy. He then said something completely unexpected “I can’t explain it, but your levels are normal. Absolutely normal you won’t need the hormones.” Over the next weeks I felt like a walking pin cushion, the one thing about unexpected levels is that everyone is expecting them to quickly return to the way they have always been. Every blood test has come back normal and the doctor can only say that it’s a miracle and that he has no other explanation than that. I had my first ultrasound on 3/10/11 and the baby looked great. The heartbeat was 176 and everything looked perfect.
Matt and I were indecisive as to whether we wanted a third child. It was so hard to get Madison & Bradon we felt like we might be pushing fate to try for another baby. But I guess fate was decided for us. We couldn’t be happier and we hope that we bring hope and understanding to those who are having struggles to start a family of their own. Miracles do happen.
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